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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.2mb_lg

2 km E of Hope, Kansas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dickinson County 22 kmMorris County 35 kmMarion County 37 kmGeary County 42 kmSaline County 53 kmChase County 59 kmMcPherson County 61 kmOttawa County 72 kmRiley County 72 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.2 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Dickinson County, 22 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1892 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 38.6894, -97.0491. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dickinson County, KS 22 km (14 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Dickinson County
Morris County, KS 35 km (21 mi) W of here earthquakes near Morris County
Marion County, KS 37 km (23 mi) N of here earthquakes near Marion County
Geary County, KS 42 km (26 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Geary County
Saline County, KS 53 km (33 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Saline County
Chase County, KS 59 km (36 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Chase County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.5 12 km SSE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  2. 2.8 14 km SE of Lincolnville, Kansas
  3. 2.2 5 km ESE of Marion, Kansas
  4. 2.4 Kansas
  5. 3.0 8 km NNW of Roxbury, Kansas
  6. 2.4 5 km NNE of Hope, Kansas
  7. 2.5 5 km W of Woodbine, Kansas
  8. 2.7 6 km E of Assaria, Kansas
  9. 2.6 7 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas
  10. 3.0 7 km SW of Gypsum, Kansas
  11. 2.3 6 km WSW of Woodbine, Kansas
  12. 2.2 8 km WSW of Woodbine, Kansas
  13. 2.4 7 km ENE of Hope, Kansas
  14. 2.5 6 km ENE of Hope, Kansas
  15. 2.5 5 km WSW of Gypsum, Kansas

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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